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Donald Trump's name appears in Jeffrey Epstein's recently released flight logs seven times, including flights in 1993 and 1994, some with his then-wife Marla Maples and daughter Tiffany.

The documents were released by Attorney General Pam Bondi, who stated this was the first phase of disclosures regarding Epstein’s network.

Bondi requested additional FBI records on Epstein, citing thousands of undisclosed pages.

Epstein, who died in 2019, had connections to Trump, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew, though no wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 288 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

though no wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged.

Uhhhh...

A woman accused Donald Trump of raping her when she was 13 years old in a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York this week. The lawsuit alleges that the assaults happened at parties hosted by billionaire Jeffrey Epstein (for more on his past see our previous story).

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/yes-donald-trump-was-accused-of-raping-a-13-year-old-but-this-lawsuit-has-little-chance-of-succeeding/

Pretty sure being sued for raping one of Epstein's 13 year old "massage therapists" is allegeding he committed a wrongdoing or two...

Edit:

To clarify that article is almost a decade old.

I was just pointing out that there's absolutely been enough to cross the threshold of "no alleged wrongdoings"

[–] Zier@fedia.io 80 points 2 years ago (1 children)

1994, the same year he was flying with Epstein. I have no doubt the orange cancer is/was involved in child trafficking.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Same year trump was giving Bill Clinton a bunch of donations, and he then orchestrated the largest reduction of the federal workforce, pretty sure ever.

This shit ain't history, the same assholes are still shambling around doing the same shit.

They're just a lot less competent and frankly stopped caring we could see what they're doing.

The neoliberal movement was basically Randy Marsh microwaving his balls so he could get a medical marijuana prescription.

They actively encouraged a cancer because they wanted one of the side effects, but they just assumed the cancer wouldn't keep growing.

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 10 points 2 years ago

Came here to post this exact info. Sometimes we align.

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[–] Obelix@feddit.org 274 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Let's be honest: If Epstein was still alive and in prison, he would get a pardon from Trump

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 104 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And an appointment to head the children and families administration.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 years ago

He’d be tasked with redeveloping Trumpland aka Gaza

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 73 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tbh Trump might have been the one who killed him. Either that or a UK Prince.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 49 points 2 years ago (18 children)

They didn't have to kill him, it doesn't have to be a conspiracy. Barr's DOJ allowed a man in a VERY high profile case that should have been on increased watch commit suicide on the eve of his bombshell testimony and going away forever. They allowed him to take his own out.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thats just it, he already was on 24 hour surveillance and suicide watch.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] casmael@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It’s the half hour that’s important, really

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 186 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged.

BECAUSE HE SETTLED THE CIVIL SUIT, A TACIT ADMISSION THAT THEY RAPED A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD TOGETHER.

I wish the media would just be straight with us. Obligatory "Fuck Reagan".

[–] caboose2006@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Strong Cato the Elder vibes.

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[–] GeorgeLightning@lemmy.world 106 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"No wrongdoing by Trump has been alleged."

FFS

I am alleging it now and have alleged it for years: Donald J Trump joined convicted pedophile and sexual abuser Jeffery Epstein in raping an underage girl.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

raping an underage girl

This is libelous - how dare you imply it was only one?

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 96 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Why is this a surprise? It's undisputed that trump knew Epstein and hung out with him. He even raped a girl who was also "hanging around" Epstein for lack of a better word.

[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

For anyone paying attention, it’s no surprise. To the people who blindly follow him, though…well, they’ll probably never hear about this or just brush it off as some liberal shadow government conspiracy against him.

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 93 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Donald Trump praised the owner of a sex yacht when he delivered a speech to the Boy Scouts.

He mentioned the owner liked young girls.

You can't make this stuff up.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-boy-scout-jamboree-speech.html

edit. This was not Epstien, it was another pedophile pal of Trump.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That article doesn't mention Epstein?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Silly me. I should have known Trump knew several people with sex yachts.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

He's a sex yacht connoisseur.

I partially think he became so miserable and politically focused because his dick stopped working.

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah it's mostly about some real estate developer called William Levitt, and that creepy bit about "oh you know what they did on that yacht" (paraphrased).

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[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 76 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ahhh so that's why he went apeshit on zelenskyy today. Gotta refresh those headlines.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

he needs a distraction from the epstein stuff, by going apeshit on zelenksy meetings.

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 70 points 2 years ago (2 children)

From what I understand, it's the same information that was released last time. The people on both sides that have been meticulously keeping up with this are livid that it's literally no new information. Trump and Co even brought in influencers to hype up the release only for it to be the exact same shit that was released years ago.

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[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Anyone with skill to do a basic Google search can easily see he's a kiddy diddler, no surprise here.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago

Noooo. No no no. He was inspecting the teen beauty pageant when he walked into the dressing room full of naked minors. You don't understand. When you're famous, they let you do it!

Anyway, those trans people sure are bad, huh?

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Dude's an undisguised daughter diddler, so the kiddie part goes without saying

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Unless they release verifiably unredacted/unedited documents (and I'm not sure whether/if verifably unredacted/unedited documents are possible in this circumstance) I'm not going to believe they aren't holding things back out of self preservation anyhow.

The worst possible time for anything like this to be released is during the Trump admin, because now I have to apply an extra layer of skepticism.

I don't even have to go to a conservative sub to know they are or will handwave away his presence on the flight logs, and I know nothing worse is going to be released about Trump or any Trump ally, so what's even the point aside from a witch hunt for all Trump's enemies who somehow will be on the list?

To be clear, I'm sure that Democrats and a disappointingly long list of non-politicians are on that list too, and they should all see the light of day.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They are releasing it now so the base forgets about it in two to four years.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Look at them overachieving when they only need to worry about memories like goldfish.

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[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Seven flights—Trump’s past ties to Epstein deserve deeper scrutiny.

🐱🐱🐱

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For a second there I was thinking about the circumstances surrounding Ivana Trump's mysterious staircase death.

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[–] the_q@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So? You think this will change anything? Just add it to the pile of shit this cheddar-faced fuck has been involved with. It's not like there's a higher authority that can do anything about it. I feel like it's still not setting in for some people just where we are in this collapse. It's over, guys. There is only 1 path forward.

[–] tatann@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Le guillotine du fromage ?

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TRUMP KILLED EPSTEIN CONFIRMED!

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have subscribed to this theory since day 1. He had the most to lose, and was literally in charge of the prison indirectly. He absolutely could have made it happen, but conspiracies involving people on the right clearly don't exist.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And it happened in 2019, a time when he and his people were under a ton of pressure with the upcoming election. Such a high profile case would have been really really bad for the campaign. It's easier to deny a couple of documents than testimony from Epstein himself.

... just sayin'

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[–] commander@lemmings.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Donald Trump knew about Epstein but didn't tell us; we had to find out for ourselves.

The fact that nobody is saying this and none of you have considered it until reading this comment should be very telling at how deep their power runs, and how stupid we are for going along with it.

We literally aren't allowed to have our own thoughts. We can only think and talk about what the powers that be have deemed appropriate.

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure we have all been saying that for years. Pretty much from the moment the Epstein shit blew up. I mean, they were best buds for over a decade.

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[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Donald Trump's name appears in Jeffrey Epstein's recently released flight logs seven times

Wow, committed rape at least seven times

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago

It's one thing for it to be assumed knowledge. But having proof is... Gross.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jeffrey Epstein is pretty much a mutually assured destruction for many powerful people. I don't expect this to lead anywhere really.

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